Here’s some rather good news for UK fans of the galaxy far, far away, as Disney and Lucasfilm have announced today that Star Wars: The Last Jedi, the hugely-anticipated second chapter of the Sequel Trilogy, is set to open on these shores a day earlier than previously announced, with the film hitting on Thursday, December 14th.
The news shouldn’t be too much of a surprise given that both Star Wars: The Force Awakens and Rogue One: A Star Wars Story opened a day earlier on this side of the Pond. Certainly a far cry from the eight month wait that UK fans had for the original Star Wars, and the two month wait for Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace…
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Star Wars: The Last Jedi is set for release on December 14th in the UK and December 15th in the States and sees returning cast members Mark Hamill (Luke Skywalker), Carrie Fisher (Leia Organa), Adam Driver (Kylo Ren), Daisy Ridley (Rey), John Boyega (Finn), Oscar Isaac (Poe Dameron), Lupita Nyong’o (Maz Kanata), Domhnall Gleeson (General Hux), Anthony Daniels (C-3PO), Gwendoline Christie (Captain Phasma), Billie Lourd (Lieutenant Connix), Andy Serkis (Supreme Leader Snoke), Peter Mayhew and Joonas Suotamo (Chewbacca), Tim Rose (Admiral Ackbar), Mike Quinn (Nien Nunb), Simon Pegg (Unkar Plutt), and Warwick Davis joined by new additions Jimmy Vee (Pan) as R2-D2, Kelly Marie Tran (Ladies Like Us) as Rose, and Benicio Del Toro (Guardians of the Galaxy) and Laura Dern (Jurassic Park).
